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Ambassaduer, back from the shop...
COLT
Member Posts: 12,637 ******
...Southwestern Parts has had it for 4 weeks. They replaced 4 parts, dinky parts at that. I have my doubts if this POS will be fixed.
Ambassaduer USED to be one of the best out there, for baitcasters, one of the first quality bait casters too. Remember the original 5000c?
Ive been busy (staying warm mostly) but today is the first day it's susposed to be above freezing since Fri., still ice on the roads, so it will be awhile till I try it out. EVERY Ambassaduer I have owned, has been off to the shop, at one time or another...for the longest, I didn't think anything about it. DUH! Shimano's, NEVER went to the shop, maybe a lesson to be learned here?...I think so.
4-5(?) years ago, I bought a Pinnacle, had never heard of them.
4 ball bearing Vision, smoother than ANY Ambassaduer I have ever thrown, rugged...and NO shop time. At around $60 bucks new, for the Pinnacle, vs. $140(?) for the Ambassaduer...no contest
EVERYBODY I know that has used Ambassaduers for years, have always had to put theirs in the shop sooner or later, for something.
...and it's been the "expected, acceptable" thing to do, BULL POOP! I now have swore off of em, better reels out there, for the same or less money. If you don't want to spend $200-300 on a Shimano, there are as good or BETTER reels out there...you just have to check em out.
It's taken me a LONG time to figure this "simple" thing out. Forget the "name", the "legacy"...things change. Now IF this Amassaduer still has a drag problem, I have probably around $170 in it, no more...it will be used as a paper weight I guess.
Pinnacle reels, the older 8bb, or the new 10bb, will be just as smooth, chunk as far, take abuse, as well or BETTER than ANY reel on the market...for ANY price, the name just isn't as recognizable as Ambassaduer, or Shimano. I DON"T care anymore to "accept" that a reel just "needs" to go to the shop anymore, bullpoop!
...I feel better now...[:D]
Ambassaduer USED to be one of the best out there, for baitcasters, one of the first quality bait casters too. Remember the original 5000c?
Ive been busy (staying warm mostly) but today is the first day it's susposed to be above freezing since Fri., still ice on the roads, so it will be awhile till I try it out. EVERY Ambassaduer I have owned, has been off to the shop, at one time or another...for the longest, I didn't think anything about it. DUH! Shimano's, NEVER went to the shop, maybe a lesson to be learned here?...I think so.
4-5(?) years ago, I bought a Pinnacle, had never heard of them.
4 ball bearing Vision, smoother than ANY Ambassaduer I have ever thrown, rugged...and NO shop time. At around $60 bucks new, for the Pinnacle, vs. $140(?) for the Ambassaduer...no contest
EVERYBODY I know that has used Ambassaduers for years, have always had to put theirs in the shop sooner or later, for something.
...and it's been the "expected, acceptable" thing to do, BULL POOP! I now have swore off of em, better reels out there, for the same or less money. If you don't want to spend $200-300 on a Shimano, there are as good or BETTER reels out there...you just have to check em out.
It's taken me a LONG time to figure this "simple" thing out. Forget the "name", the "legacy"...things change. Now IF this Amassaduer still has a drag problem, I have probably around $170 in it, no more...it will be used as a paper weight I guess.
Pinnacle reels, the older 8bb, or the new 10bb, will be just as smooth, chunk as far, take abuse, as well or BETTER than ANY reel on the market...for ANY price, the name just isn't as recognizable as Ambassaduer, or Shimano. I DON"T care anymore to "accept" that a reel just "needs" to go to the shop anymore, bullpoop!
...I feel better now...[:D]
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I'll be glad when this wisconsin weather warms up.